Chpt 11 Study Guide/Review. 1. Winslow Homer's A Wall, Nassau was made using: a. watercolor washes. b. synthetic media. c. the computer. d. oil paint.

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1 Chpt 11 Study Guide/Review 1. Winslow Homer's A Wall, Nassau was made using: a. watercolor washes. b. synthetic media. c. the computer. d. oil paint. 2. Mummy Portrait of a Man was created using, a combination of pigment and hot wax. a. tempera b. fresco c. encaustic d. gouache 3. Where is the focal point in Giotto's Lamentation? a. the angel closest to the tree b. the figure on the far right of the composition c. the standing figure on the far left of the composition d. Jesus' head 4. Andrew Wyeth's Braids illustrates the detail the artist is able to achieve using the medium of. a. egg tempera b. watercolor c. gouache d. encaustic 5. In the fifteenth century, a painting process was developed that allowed for a continuous blending of tones and hues on the painting surface. What was it? a. buon fresco b. oil painting c. tempera painting d. watercolor 6. Mixed media artists have achieved what important innovation in art? a. the use of color b. the combination of plastic-based and oil-based paints c. the extension of a painting's "space" from two dimensions to three d. the representation of the "real" world in two dimensions 8. Painting was largely considered a craft, lesser than other "arts" like poetry and music, until: a. the Renaissance. b. the Enlightenment. c. the Classical period in Greece. d. the Middle Ages. 9. What is the binder in "encaustic" painting? a. lime water b. oil c. egg yolk d. wax

2 Chpt 11 Study Guide/Review 10. The is the substance in paint that holds the particles of pigment together and often defines the characteristics of the various painting media. a. pumice b. binder c. ground d. support 11. What is the difference between buon fresco and fresco secco? 12. Define the term collage. 13. Explain the difference between denotation and connotation in a work of art. Denotation: Connotation:

3 Chpt 12 Study Guide/Review 1. Eadward Muybridge's photographs, like Annie G., Cantering, Saddled are early examples of artists: a. perfecting the medium of photography. b. capturing an object in motion. c. using black-and-white photography. d. using projected motion pictures. 2. The subject matter of An-My Lê's Small Wars (ambush I) involves a group of men who meet regularly meet to re-enact the Vietnam War. What is the content? a. it is a glorification of the conflict b. the artist, born in Vietnam, is calling into question the legacy of the conflict, particularly in popular literature and film c. the artist, born in the United States, is memorializing the American soldiers who died in the conflict d. a & b 3. Despite the success of the daguerreotype, the process had its drawbacks, primarily: a. the image could not be reproduced. b. colors were not true to life. c. it reproduced poorly in books. d. the cost of the apparatus. 4. D. W. Griffith was the first great master of, the process of arranging the sequences of a film. a. traveling shots b. flashback c. montage d. editing 5. In filmmaking, each unbroken, continuous sequence of movie frames with the camera still rolling is called a: a. take. b. shot. c. roll. d. pan. 6. Dodging and burning are darkroom processes by which the photographer can manipulate the in a photo. a. texture b. color c. value d. composition 7. When and where were the earliest photographs developed? a. in 20 th century U.S. b. in 15 th century Italy c. in China, 2000 years ago d. in 1839 in France and England 8. Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein contributed a powerful visual editing technique to filmmaking that used widely disparate images to create a fast-paced multifaceted image. What is this technique called?

4 Chpt 12 Study Guide/Review 9. In film, a(n) shot occurs when the camera moves across the scene from one side to the other. 10. Think about Jeff Wall s image A Sudden Gust of Wind. Discuss the tension between form and content in that photographic work. Form: Content:

5 Chapter 13 Review/Study Guide 1. The Tomb of Emperor Shih Huang shows an extraordinary grouping of what type of work? a. Stonework b. Clay Pottery c. Wood d. Ceramics 2. What do Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty and Great Serpent Mound have in common? a. they were done in the same general time period b. they are both examples of installation art c. they are both earthworks, purposeful modifications of landscape d. they were done by the same artist 3. The Egyptian limestone carving, Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re, is an example of sculpture. a. in-the round b. high relief c. low relief d. installation 4. Part of the large-scale outdoor environments that occurred in the 1960s, works such as Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels are generally referred to as: a. assemblages. b. earthworks. c. constructions. d. new image art. 5. Wood and stone carvings are examples of: a. relief sculpture. b. subtractive sculpture. c. assemblage. d. additive sculpture. 6. When a sculpture is created by building up the form with a material such as clay, the process is called: a. relief sculpture. b. additive. c. cast sculpture. d. cire-perdue. 7. Pliable clay is made to hold its form permanently through the process of: a. subjecting it to high pressure. b. casting it in bronze. c. firing it. d. soaking it. 8. How does "assemblage" primarily differ from other sculptural processes? a. it is more dynamic b. it is an older process c. it utilizes "found" objects d. it utilizes the "lost-wax" technique

6 Chapter 13 Review/Study Guide 9. The sculptural material most commonly associated with "modeling" or additive processes is: a. metal. b. clay. c. wood. d. found objects. 10. An environment that is set up or situated indoors is often called. 11. Casting is an invention of the Age. 12. Because metal replaces wax during the casting process, many people refer to casting as a method.